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Pogonotrophy and the joy of being 'beardiful'

Sandeep Goyal examines the culture of the beard and its significance in these WFH times

Govt has created a 'mess': Shashi Tharoor on new income tax portal

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on alleged that even after spending Rs 4,200 crore on IT portal, the government had "failed" to make it user-friendly and created a "mess" instead

Court defers order on whether to put Tharoor on trial in Sunanda case

A Delhi court on Friday adjourned for nearly a month the order on whether to put Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on trial in a case related to his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death in a luxury hotel here. Special Judge Geetanjli Goel, who was scheduled to pronounce order today on framing of charges against Tharoor, adjourned the matter for July 27 after the prosecution sought a week's time to file written submissions. An application has been received on behalf of prosecution seeking one week's time to file written submissions. Copy be supplied to the counsels of the accused. The application is allowed. Put up for orders/ arguments if any, on July 27, the judge said in the order. The court had earlier adjourned the matter for July 2 in view of the ongoing pandemic due to coronavirus. The court had reserved order after hearing arguments from the counsel appearing for Delhi Police as well as Tharoor. During the arguments, while police had sought framing of various charges, including 306 ..

Comply with the new IT rules: House panel to Facebook and Google

The panel, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, had asked them to appear in-person at the parliament secretariat

Parliamentary panel to ask Twitter about locking accounts: Shashi Tharoor

After Union Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor were temporarily locked out of their Twitter accounts, latter said that he would seek an explanation

Tharoor bats for universal and free vaccination while battling Covid

Shashi Tharoor tested Covid positive on April 22.

Floccinaucinihilipilification: Shashi Tharoor throws another head scratcher

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, known for his penchant for rarely used, difficult-to-pronounce English words, on Friday threw in another head scratcher floccinaucinihilipilification.

Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor, Adhir Chowdhury test positive for Covid-19

Senior Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday

Shashi Tharoor says 'sorry' for slamming Modi on Bangladesh speech

Tharoor on Saturday admitted his mistake and said "sorry" for slamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for omitting former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's role in the freedom of Bangladesh

Shashi Tharoor seeks discharge in wife Sunanda Pushkar's death case

He told a Delhi court that various investigative agencies have given no definite opinion on the cause of death

University campuses have no longer remained inclusive spaces: Tharoor in LS

Tharoor on Tuesday said that university campuses, in the last few years, have no longer remained inclusive spaces that safeguard freedom of expression

Tharoor justifies British Parliament's right to discuss India's agri reform

After New Delhi summoned the UK envoy over discussion on agricultural reforms in India, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor justified the debate, saying in a democracy you are free to discuss whatever you want

Sreedharan's impact to be minimal; BJP not serious contender: Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said the technocrat is likely to have a "minimal" impact on the upcoming Kerala Assembly polls

Sitharaman evaded opposition queries during budget debate: Tharoor

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor accused Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of evading questions during the Lok Sabha session on Saturday

Artfully crafted performance: Tharoor on PM's emotional farewell to Azad

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Wednesday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's emotional farewell speech for Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad an "artfully crafted performance". The Prime Minister had turned emotional several times in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday while recalling his close association with Congress leader Azad, whose term in the House ended. Participating in a discussion on former Vice President Hamid Ansari's book "By Many a Happy Accident: Recollections of a Life", Tharoor said, "It (the farewell speech by the PM) was a very artfully crafted performance." "It was partly in response to Tikait's tears that he decided he also has tears," Tharoor said, referring to farmer leader Rakesh Tikait who broke into tears recently while talking about the ongoing farmers' protests at the Ghazipur border. Reminiscing about their long association, Modi said that as chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir and Gujarat, both of them kept in touch with each other. Sharing details of thei

Republic Day violence: SC stays arrest of Tharoor, Sardesai & others

On 30 January, Delhi Police had filed a case against Tharoor, Sardesai, The Caravan and others

5G to roll out in India by early 2022; panel pulls up DoT for delay

The telecom ministry has already announced the auction of spectrum worth Rs 3.92 trillion from March 1, but it does not include the desired frequency band for 5G services

R-Day violence: Shashi Tharoor, Rajdeep Sardesai move SC against FIRs

Journalists Mrinal Pande, Zafar Agha, Paresh Nath and Anant Nath also approached the top court on Tuesday evening against the FIRs

Farmers' protest: Cong slams BJP 'for FIRs against Tharoor, 6 journalists

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra alleged that the ruling party has 'torn to shreds' the 'ignity of democracy' by this action.

MP police file FIR against Shashi Tharoor, 6 journalists over tweets

The FIR is over 'misleading' tweets on the violence during the farmers' tractor rally in Delhi, an official said on Friday